1) Roger Fenton photographed which monarch? a) George IV b) Queen Victoria c) George III 2) Fenton was instructed to take pictures that captured the horrific realities of war. a) True b) False 3) Many of the pictures Fenton took had to posed because..... a) Posed shots were much easier to take. b) The soldiers refused to allow a photographer near them during combat. c) The technology available could not capture moving images. 4) Fenton travelled around in a specially coverted railway carriage. a) True b) False 5) Which paper did William Russell write for? a) The Times b) The Guardian c) The Independant 6) He had the permission of the army to report on the war. a) True b) False 7) His reports highlighted what? a) How beautiful the Crimean region was. b) What the army wanted the people to know. c) The grim reality of war. 8) Russell hated both the French and the Turks. a) True b) False 9) He reported on the appalling winter suffered by the British troops, but where was he at during this time? a) Constantinople b) London c) Paris 10) His reports shocked many of his readers. a) True b) False

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